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130 – A Buddhist Approach to Practicing with Fear
130 – A Buddhist Approach to Practicing with Fear
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Mar 16, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Fear is a natural response that helps us protect ourselves and our loved ones, but it can also be inappropriate and debilitating. Buddhist practice offers many ways to help us manage our fear. We start with mindfulness of fear in and of itself, and then become mindful of what feeds it versus what decreases it. We then act in ways that increase our equanimity. We also let go of expectations, assumptions, and narratives in order to decrease suffering and ground ourselves in the absolute aspect of reality.
Released:
Mar 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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